Censoring dissent, pressuring to conform, omitting contradictory evidence, and polarizing ingroup and outgroup are basic features of which of the following?

a. social loafing
b. group polarization
c. social diffusion
d. groupthink


D

Psychology

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do. Which social psychology concept is at the heart of the parents' discomfort? a. upward social comparison b. the facial feedback hypothesis c. downward social comparison d. the overjustification effect

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According to your textbook, cognition is the acquisition, storage, transformation, and use of knowledge. Compared to more basic cognitive processes such as working memory, problem solving makes more use of which of those four processes?

a. acquisition of knowledge b. storage of knowledge c. transformation of knowledge d. use of knowledge

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Which aspect of attachment was demonstrated by Margaret and Harry Harlow using rhesus monkeys as research subjects?

a. power assertion b. insecure attachment c. contact comfort d. egocentrism

Psychology

Reserpine, which is associated with severe depression,

A. specifically depletes supplies of serotonin from the nervous system. B. increases the release of serotonin from vesicles. C. increases the release of all monoamines from vesicles. D. interferes with the storage of all monoamines in vesicles.

Psychology